How To Install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kpackage is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 library to load and install packages as plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kf5-kpackage`

KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 library to load and install non-binary packages as if they were plugins.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-kpackage.

Install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-kpackage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kpackage

Install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-kpackage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kpackage

How To Uninstall kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kpackage package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kpackage

kf5-kpackage Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kpackagetool5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/55fedf319dc051ee6a6da3115c6ddd883ca4ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/d1465e2582975d47f21a269dad91b38bb74abf
/usr/lib64/libKF5Package.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5Package.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kpackage
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kpackage/packagestructure
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kpackage
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kpackage/README.md
/usr/share/kpackage
/usr/share/kservicetypes5/kpackage-generic.desktop
/usr/share/kservicetypes5/kpackage-genericqml.desktop
/usr/share/kservicetypes5/kpackage-packagestructure.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kpackage
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kpackage/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libkpackage5.mo
/usr/share/man/ca/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man1/kpackagetool5.1.gz
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kpackage.categories

References

kf5-kpackage website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kpackage on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.